Re: Improving input-methods docs

[Rustom Mody <rustompmody@gmail.com>]

Thanks Chris

On Fri, Oct 2, 2015 at 10:53 AM, Chris Feng <chris.w.feng@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Stefan Monnier wrote  (on gnu.emacs.help list):
>>> Rusi Mody wrote:
>>> > I see (info "(elisp)input methods")
>>> > that in emacs including 25, docs are still at
>>> >
>>> > | How to define input methods is not yet documented in this manual,
>>> > | but here we describe how to use them.
>>> >
>>> > Is there something I can do (within my capacity!) to move this forward?
>>
>>> Start to document what you know?  Or try to document what you think
>>> should be there, and if you don't know what to write because you don't
>>> know how it works, then ask on emacs-devel.
>
> AFAIK to define a new input method it only requires one to register it
> to `input-method-alist' and feed `input-method-function' a customized
> function.  But it seems most input methods in Emacs are defined as
> Quail packages, so an intro to `quail-define-package' (and perhaps
> other parts of Quail) may also be helpful.

What's quail?
Why is it there? [or] What's its relation to (define)-input-method?
Sorry if I seem obtuse but I gather there is a close relation but I
cant make out what...